President Fires Press Spokesman

South Korean President Park Geun-hye fired her press spokesman for an unspecified “unsavory incident” while in the U.S., overshadowing an otherwise well-received summit trip in which she and U.S. President Barack Obama presented a united front against North Korea.

The move was announced on Thursday during a short news briefing in Los Angeles, the final stop on Ms. Park’s first visit to the U.S. as president.

Yoon Chang-jung was sacked because “he was involved in an unsavory incident during President Park’s state visit to the U.S. and displayed inappropriate behavior for a high-level official that was believed to hurt national dignity,” said presidential press secretary Lee Nam-ki.